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One lucky individual will own a guitar autographed by Ada’s own Blake Shelton and wife Miranda Lambert. Another will grab a friend and rub elbows with the biggest country stars at the 48th Annual Country Music Awards and After-Party.

Maybe country music is not your thing? What about NFL autography memorabilia by Dick Butkus or maybe you and friend want to catch a game live at FirstEnergy Stadium field as the Cleveland Browns play hard – Did we mention you’d be personal guest of ECU Alum, Armonty Bryant.

ADA – Kaylin Cullum’s passion for political science and law has led to several awards for the East Central University senior from Wetumka.

First, Cullum was accepted as only one of 10 students nationally for the University of California’s Public Policy and International Affairs Fellowship. She is currently in the seven-week residential fellowship which prepares students for graduate school and law school.

Cullum is expected to complete the Policy Analysis and Communication curriculum as well as training in Public Policy and Law.

ADA – East Central University has a new tool in tracking the progress and success of its recent graduates.

For the first time ECU, along with 43 other colleges and universities in 22 states, have a reliable and nationally-standardized method for finding out what their students are doing after graduation.

“ECU has collaborated with CSO Research to develop an online survey to tap student behaviors in seeking their first full-time job and to assess their attitudes toward the workplace,” said ECU Career Center Director Peggy Saunkeah.

ADA – Student members of East Central University’s Alpha Chi Honor Society Chapter excelled with a collaborative research project at the national convention this spring in St. Louis, Mo.

The Alpha Chi National Chapter offered a $5,000 prize for a team that addressed “The Future of Water.” ECU’s team placed second with a project entitled “The Worth of Water: Groundwater, a Diminishing Resource.”

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